Head-rest support.



W. A. WILKINS. HEAD REST SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.24,1907.

Patented June 1, 1909.

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WILLIS A. WILKINS, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

HEAD-REST SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed April 24, 1907. Serial No. 370,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Vl iLLrs A. l/VILKms, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Head-Rest Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in head rest supports adapted to receive and support the head rest of barbers chairs when the same is not desired for use.

The main object of the invention is the production of a head rest support adapted to be removably connected to a convenient portion of the barbers chair in position to receive and retain the usual head rest when the latter is not in position upon the chair back.

The invention will be first described in the following specification with particular reference to the accompanying drawings, the novel features being then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barbers chair illustrating the application and use of my improved head rest. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the head rest support, the

supporting bar being shown in both upper and lower positions in dotted outlines. Fig. 4 is a plan of the same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged. transverse section on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring particularly to the drawings, my improved head rest support comprises a wear plate 1 formed adjacent the respective ends with openings 2 for the reception of screws and the like whereby the support may be attached to any convenient part of the chair.

Adjacent each end the base plate is formed with a laterally projecting stud 3, the inner or proximate surfaces of which are formed with bearing openings 4. Adjacent each stud the wear plate, which is preferably of sheet metal is cut out and offset to provide outstanding terminals 5, for a purpose which will presently appear.

In conjunction with the base plate I make use of a supporting bar 6 preferably constructed of a single length of spring wire or the like bent approximately into U form'to provide a clamping bar 7, and end bars 8, the terminals of the latter being bent laterally and outwardly to provide bearing portions 9. The terminals of the portions 9 are reduced to provide bearing pivots 10 adapted to seat in the bearings 4 in the studs 3, said portions 9 being preferably squared in sectional contour to provide engaging surfaces 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

With the supporting bar 6 in place in the bearing studs, the squared portions 9 will engage and bear against the offset spring tongues 5, so that, due to the angular bearing surface thus obtained clamping bar 7 is readily retained in elevated or lowered position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, or in a position at right angles to the wear plate 1 as shown in Fig. 4. In the latter position the clamping bar 7 is spaced from the wear plate 1 to provide for the convenient insertion of the head rest.

The head rest which may be of any usual or preferred type is formed with. a rest 12 to which is secured a rectangular shank 13, adapted when in use to fit a socket 14 on the relatively rear surface of a chair back 15. When the head rest is not desired for use by the barber, it is removed from the socket 14, the supporting bar positioned as shown in Fig. 4-, and the shank 13 of the head rest inserted between the clamping bar 7 and the wear plate 1 to avoid mutilation of the chair, or in other words the shank 13 does not contact with the side of the chair and is effectlVelV held out of engagement therewitl'i. In this position the head rest is supported in a convenient manner readily accessible to the barber when again desired for use.

The invention contemplates the use of the supporting means at any convenient pointon the chair, for example, on the chair back immediately below the socket 14, or on either side of the chair below the arm rest, as shown in Fig. 1. When not desired for use, the supporting bar 6 is turned upwardly or down wardly on its pivotal supports, the offset springs 5 serving to retain it in such position until manually adjusted to receive the head rest.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is The combination with a barber's chair, of an auxiliary head-rest support comprising a base plate stamped from sheet metal to provide a wear plate, apertured studs projecting therefrom adjacent to each of its ends, said base plate adapted to be attached. to a chair, a yoke formed from a single piece of wire bent to form. a clamping bar disposed in par-- allel relation to the plate, end bars carried by said clamping bar and disposed at right ai'igles to the same, said end bars having their terminal ends bent away from each other and provided with flattened faces at substantially right angles to each other, and trunnions disposed in the apertures 01' the said studs and extending from the ends of the i flattened faces, springs engaged with the flattened faces of the end bars, and formed g by stamping portions of the base plate out i wardl and parallel thereto, adjaeeut to and 10 between the said studs to hold the yoke in. its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof, I eflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIS A. WILKIN lVitnesses E. T. Moonn, J12, Cnnr. L. DEAN. 

